AWS graduates are extraordinarily well prepared to pursue higher education and professional degrees; they are accepted to and receive degrees from the top colleges and universities in North America. Most are sought-after honor students, described by their teachers as having an unwavering love of learning and joy for life. Many Waldorf students participate in travel and/or service opportunities in other countries as a part of their post-high school educational pursuits.

Ithaca CollegeJohns Hopkins University, Peabody ConservatoryJohnson and Wales University Johnson State CollegeJuniata CollegeLoyola UniversityLycoming CollegeMacalester CollegeManhattan School of MusicMercyhurstMissouri University of Science and TechnologyMonroe Community CollegeNew England ConservatoryNew York UniversityNortheastern University Ohio Wesleyan UniversityOntario College of Art and DesignPennsylvania College of Art and DesignPlattsburgh State UniversityRoberts Wesleyan CollegeSarah Lawrence CollegeSarah Lawrence CollegeSt. Joseph’s College, New YorkSt. Joseph's UniversitySt. Lawrence UniversityState University of NY at BuffaloState University of NY at Geneseo

Albany College of PharmacyAlfred UniversityAlfred State CollegeAllegheny CollegeAmerican UniversityAntioch University New EnglandBard CollegeBrigham Young UniversityBuffalo State CollegeCanisius CollegeChicago Art InstituteCleveland Institute of MusicCollege of WoosterColorado University at BoulderCornell UniversityDaemen CollegeDenison UniversityElmira CollegeEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityEmpire State CollegeErie Community CollegeFordham University Fredonia State CollegeGenesee Community CollegeGreen Mountain CollegeHamilton CollegeHartwick CollegeHobart and William Smith CollegeHoughton CollegeInternational Academy of Design and Technology (Toronto)

Studio Arts Center International (Florence, Italy)Suffolk UniversitySUNY BrockportSUNY BuffaloSUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestrySUNY CortlandSUNY FredoniaSUNY New PaltzSUNY PlattsburghSUNY Potsdam, Crane School of MusicSyracuse UniversityThe Peabody Institute (John Hopkins University)University of ChicagoUniversity of OregonUniversity of PittsburghUniversity of TennesseeUniversity of TorontoUniversity of San FranciscoUniversity of the South (Sewanee)Vanderbilt UniversityVassar CollegeVilla Maria CollegeWashington State UniversityWellesley CollegeWest Point AcademyWheaton College

College acceptances include:

"By the time they reach us at the college and university level, these students are grounded broadly and deeply and have a remarkable enthusiasm for learning. Such students possess the eye of the discoverer, and the compassionate heart of the reformer which, when joined to a task, can change the planet." --Arthur Zajonc, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Physics, Amherst College

Approximately half of AWS graduates go on to private high schools including:Academe of Aurora Study CenterBishop Timon High SchoolBuffalo Academy of the Sacred HeartBuffalo SeminaryCanisius High SchoolImmaculata AcademyMt. Mercy AcademyNardin Academy